Jessika Gbai

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Jessika Gbai
File:JESSIKA LAUREN MACA GBAI au Championnats d'Afrique d'athlétisme 2024 12.jpg
Personal information
Nationality Ivory Coast
Born (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 26)
DALOA, Côte d'Ivoire
Education Howard University
Height 1.67/5'6
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100m: 11.22 (Clermont, 2023)
200m:22.36 (Paris, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Ivory Coast
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala 200 m

Jessika Lauren Maca Gbai (born 29 December 1998) is an Ivorian track and field athlete from the Ivory Coast who competes as a sprinter.[1] Gbai made her Olympic debut for women’s 200m on 4th August, 2024 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. And successfully made into the final, finished in 8th[2] for her Olympic-Final debut as a first-time Olympian.

Early life

Jessika Gbai born in Côte d'Ivoire, moved to Philadelphia (USA) as a child, she holds both citizenships. Was cleared by World Athletics to represent Côte d'Ivoire starting from 1 June 2022. [3]

She graduated from Howard University in 2022 with degrees in biology and political science.[4][5]

Career

Jessika Gbai competed in the 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running 22.82 seconds in the semi-final.[6]

She was part of the Ivory Coast 4x100m relay team that ran 42.23 seconds to set a new national record win the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.[7][8] In August 2023, she set a new personal best time for the 200 meters of 22.43 seconds in Kinshasa jn winning gold for the Ivory Coast at the 2023 Francophone Games.[9][10]

Selected for the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest kn August 2023, she qualified for the semi-finals.[11]

She ran as part of the Ivory Coast 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[12]

Jessika Gbai made her Olympics debut for women’s 200m on 4th August, 2024 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 200m, she finished her semi finals with a new personal best 22.36s. She successfully made into the final for 200m as an first-time Olympian, finished in 8th with a time of 22.70s[2] She also competed in the 4x100m relay at the Games.[13]

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